In 1998, when the movie “Saving Private Ryan” came out, Joe and I went to see it in the theater. It was getting rave reviews, it was Spielberg, a great cast – everyone was seeing it, so we did too. About ten minutes into the beach-landing scene I found myself... 
Joe and I have had three black Labradors – all boys. Well the first one, Bud, was really Joe’s dog. He was nine when Joe and I started dating – when I lived in a house that had white carpet and a white sofa. It was my girly-girl house. My dad called it my... 
This past week my coach, Lissa Boles, suggested I share with you why I now write a journal post every week. In thinking about this, I reflected on how, as much as I love to write and am told how much people appreciate it, it was SO not that way for much of my life. ... 
One of my most treasured friendships is with an extraordinary woman named Randi. We met at the start of her first, my second year of college. We were suite-mates in the dorm El Conquistador in San Diego. She was not quite 17, I was not quite 19. Though over the... 
I am part of a coaching group. We are a remarkable group of women who are bringing our purposeful work into the world, with the support of each other and our gifted teacher and mentor, Lissa Boles. One of my sister-coachees, Lyn offered to me a self-study experience... 
When I was in college, I worked summers setting tile – on kitchen counters, around bathtubs, floors, even the stalls of an office building restroom. My biggest job was laying heavy 12”x12” pavers on the floors of a home in Paradise Cay in Tiburon. It took many... 